If you need spiritual support in your caregiving journey, you absolutely need to read these bible verses about caring for elderly parents.

You love your parents, there’s no question about that.

You’ve grown far beyond your sullen teenage years and learned how much they sacrificed for you now that you’re an adult. And you’ve learned that they really do know what they’re talking about because you’ve now been in similar circumstances and have a taste of all they’ve had to deal with. Now you get it.

In their time of need, you know it’s time to step up.

But that doesn’t mean it’s the easiest task to take on. Far from it, in fact. Being a caregiver is a heavy, heavy gig.

For starters, there is the physical work and daily care of taking care of their parents: administering meds, pushing wheelchairs, and helping with bathing and hygiene. Add that to cleaning, cooking, meal planning, and running to the doctor, grocery store, or pharmacy…. It’s a lot.

Then there’s also the emotional load you carry. Watching them go through the pain and anxiety, watching them change and deteriorate, watching basic things get harder and harder. Dealing with health care, medical needs, different opinions of family members, and you’re own children. You’re likely to find a few gray hairs during the experience.

Becoming a caregiver to your elderly parents is not for the faint of heart. 

In the most desperate times of need, one of the best sources of strength is reading the word of God.

That’s because The Holy Bible can remind you of many important things, such as:

• Why your parents are so important to you
• Why your calling matters
• The deeper purpose behind what you’re doing
• Your ability to cope with God’s help
• The promises God has fulfilled for others
• The promises God makes to everyone – including you

Whether you’re at the beginning of your caregiving journey or you’ve been doing this for a while, these bible verses about caring for elderly parents are sure to give you the spiritual boost you need to keep going, even on the hardest days.

You may notice that some of these don’t specifically mention caregiving or parents, but they are included because they deal with relevant issues as they relate to caring for older parents. Issues that you’re most likely dealing with right now.

I’m confident they’ll help you, so I didn’t want to leave them out!

Of course, don’t feel pressured to make use of ones you don’t feel apply to you (there’s a lot of them, after all!). Use whatever verses from this list you connect with and focus on them every day. You can either….

• Pin or bookmark this page for later use.    
• Print these out and put a copy with your Bible. 
• Or, write them out and put them somewhere you can see them.

 However, you want. However best suits your needs.

If you need more ideas for how to make use of these bible verses, scroll to the bottom of the list for ways to keep them in mind, deepen your understanding, and make greater connections between God’s word and your life.

That’s because His word can remind you of many important things, such as…

• Why your parents are so important to you
• Why your calling matters
• The deeper purpose behind what you’re doing
• Your ability to cope with God’s help
• The promises God has fulfilled for others
• The promises God makes to everyone – including you

Whether you’re at the beginning of your caregiving journey or you’ve been doing this for a while, these bible verses about caring for elderly parents are sure to give you the spiritual boost you need to keep going, even on the hardest days.

You may notice that some of these don’t specifically mention caregiving or parents, but they are included because they deal with relevant issues.  Issues that you’re most likely dealing with right now.

I’m confident they’ll help you, so I didn’t want to leave them out!

Of course, don’t feel pressured to make use of ones you don’t feel apply to you (there’s a lot of them, after all!).  Use whatever verses from this list you connect with and focus on them every day.  You can either….

• Pin or bookmark this page for later use.    
• Print these out and put a copy with your Bible. 
• Or, write them out and put them somewhere you can see them.

 However, you want,  however best suits your needs.

If you need more ideas for how to make use of these bible verses, scroll to the bottom of the list for ways to keep them in mind, deepen your understanding, and make greater connections between God’s word and your life.

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The Best Bible Verses About Caring For Elderly Parents

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Note: This is also mentioned in Exodus 20:12, Matthew 15:4-6, Deuteronomy 27:16 and Ephesians 6:2-3.

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:25

Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Hebrew 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Psalm 71:9

Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Matthew 7:12

So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets

Leviticus 19:32

You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

Also mentioned in 1 Timothy 5:3

Job 12:12

Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Matthew 25:40

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Matthew 25:34-40

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?

Joel 2:28

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Acts 20:35

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Psalm 92:12-14

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

James 2:14-17

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 40:31

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

2 Corinthians 1:4-11

Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.

Romans 12:10

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Matthew 19:16

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Psalm 118:24

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.

Romans 2:7

To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Luke 1:37

Nothing will be impossible with God.

How To Use These Bible Verses About Caring For Elderly Parents

If you’re wondering how best to use these bible verses about caring for elderly parents, here are a few ideas:

• Highlight the ones you really connect with in your copy of the Bible.
• Choose one at a time to memorize depending on what you need at the moment.
• Meditate with one of the verses in mind.
• Look up alternate translations to get a more full picture of the meaning of it.
• Research more in depth the chapter or even book in which the passage appears.
• Pray and ponder on specific verses you struggle to understand.
• Write one you like on a Post-It note and stick it to your mirror.
• Use one of them as your phone background so you’re constantly reminded of it.
• Pin this page for easy access in the future (and follow me on Pinterest while you’re there!).
• Print this page for easy access to all of them without dependence on internet access.

Regardless of how you choose to make use of this resource, depending on your faith during this trial will strengthen you to be able to face anything that comes your way.

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